Antonyms for temerity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tuh-mer-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : təˈmɛr ɪ ti

Definition of temerity

Origin : early 15c., from Middle French témérité (15c.), from Latin temeritatem (nominative temeritas) "blind chance, accident, rashness," from temere "by chance, blindly, casually, rashly," related to tenebrae "darkness," from PIE root *temes- "dark" (cf. Sanskrit tamas- "darkness," tamsrah "dark;" Avestan temah "darkness;" Lithuanian tamsa "darkness," tamsus "dark;" Old Church Slavonic tima "darkness;" Old High German dinstar "dark;" Old Irish temel "darkness").

noun nerve, audacity

Example sentences :

But there are things which no strength of mind, no temerity can resist.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Thus was he justified of his temerity; the day was saved—that is, to-morrow was.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

Every advance which he had the temerity to make was by me rejected with indignation.
Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson

There was a sort of brutal temerity in his prudence, the temerity of a man with big fists.
Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola

Some of them had the temerity to begin giving us a fire in the rear.
Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd

David was doubtful of the consequences of his temerity, but he stood his ground.
Extract from : « David Dunne » by Belle Kanaris Maniates

She came day after day thereafter, and at last I had the temerity to ask her name.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

And Lingard understood why his temerity had been so successful.
Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad

A person had the temerity to elbow Mrs. Austen and the audacity to smile at her.
Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus

He took small credit to himself for any temerity he had shown.
Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller

Synonyms for temerity

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